Maxim Balachevtsev Biography

To this type of fishing comes in two ways. The first path is satiety. When you are tired of the “meat” on the shore, mountains of perch, pikes, pike perch caught on a path or jig, when you want new sensations, one of the ways is a transition to the ultralaite, someone in this situation goes into the impudent, and someone becomes a fan of exotic fishing. I came to this trap in this way.

The second path is, on the contrary, the lack of successful fishing on standard tackles. Ponds with large fishing pressure, small capricious fish, small ponds - here also ultralite can become an output. What is understood by Ultralite in fact to define the ultralait in the future - UL is very difficult. Of course, we can say that spinning with the upper border of the dough is less than grams is UL.

It is such a designation on spinning rods with such tests that are placed in most manufacturers. On the other hand, a bait weighing 8 grams may not be UL. For example, there are models of wobblers with a weight of up to 8 grams and a length of about 10 cm for example, Rebel F10, 7.7 g, 9 cm, which you can’t call ultralaitov. In general, if you directly translate the Ultralite, you will turn out to be “very easy”.

But this is not enough. Not only “very light”, but also “very small”. This is how UL should be understood. I have already said about spinning rods. We will not leave the leaders in the production of fishing rods and write down: "Spinning of any length with the upper border of the dough less grams can be attributed to the UL series." The second determining moment is a bait.

Here, no manufacturer sets clear boundaries - "this is, they say, the UL bait, and this is just l." Although many companies have a separate UL series of baits. The same Rebel makes a very long ruler of small insect -like wobblers. The same can be said about some Japanese producers of baits. As an UL, jig-heads can generally use tungsten and lead winter mormyshki, and use artificial bloodworms as an elastic band.

But more about bait will be discussed separately, and now let's talk about the rest of the equipment. I don’t really like to write gear about gear, especially about spinning, where the tackle depends on an order of magnitude less than, say, in a float fishing rod. Despite this, I will dwell on some of the most interesting moments of the Ultralite equipment.

Spinning, as I already said, is considered to be UL spinning with the upper border of the test to G. The most light -fest spinning spinning spinsters are models with a test of 0, and the most popular are 0, G and G. in any case, while in Russia it is these weights from UL that are most popular. The lengths of the UL fishing rods can be very different, as for ordinary fishing rods: from the shortest, less than 1.5 meters, to long 3 meter "pawed".

In general, a long UL is a very specific thing, and first to use such a fishing rod is very unusual - we recall the years when we held the “glass” in our hands. But this in no way belittles the advantages of these light monsters - they turn out to be the farthest. The most popular in length are 1, 4 m fishing rods. Short ones are more interesting when fishing in streams, and long are good for the boat and coast free from vegetation.

Also, it should be distinguished by truly UL fishing rods and “pseudo” UL. But the “pseudo” UL of acceptable quality can cost you only in thousand. Moreover, this tackle will be quite universal. What is the pseudo UL? We take any light -fingered spinning, let's say - 2.1 m with dough g, made of medium material. Now we saw off the last cm and glue a thin monolithic top of glass or carbon fiber with a wild cm.

We put several light rings on the top of the top to distribute the load at the transition point of the fishing rod, and we are ready to do 2.3 m long with a very light dough. Which one depends on the thickness and material of a monolithic whip. It is on this principle that cheap UL whips gather - a tubular rod and monolithic whip. To work with thin fishing lines, these fishing rods are not very suitable, and they are heavy compared to the real UL.

This fishing rod is not very far away, since the working part, the one that is involved in casting, is too short. But for UL, these fishing rods are even more suitable than native UL. UL with a jig we can no longer work on a “hut”, but only visually, or on a fishing line cord, or on the tip of the spinning. But such a “composite” spinning with a glued finest tip just allows you to track the slightest changes in the behavior of UL Jiga.

Dear ULs are for the most part Parabolici, or a medium-honey system-born turntables or wobblers. Good UL makes quite a few companies, but in the Russian market the UL-series is not very widely represented: G. Loomis, Daiva, St. Coils for UL coil we choose as easier as possible - if only the necessary volume of the fishing line of the required diameter is wound on it. Our fishing lines are thin, so the standard thousandth is quite enough here and then the size grid of Shimano is used.But again, if we are going to catch large fish in a large pond of the fishing line of more than 0.18, at least m, then a two thousandth may be needed.

We do not need the power of the coil for UL at all, since the fishing line is more likely to tear than we will give an extra load on the coil mechanism. Is the animator suitable for UL? Yes, but only for Havwi UL. As practice shows, even the most expensive and configured multiplier is almost impossible to throw baits less than a weight. Well, for a light jig g or small vibrations, you can use the cartoon - this will increase the sensitivity of the tackle even more.

The coils made of lightweight materials such as magnesium alloys are very good for UL, but they are far from cheap, but they perfectly balance light spinning. There are several requirements for coils that are very important for Ullovli. The first is a good friction, always subtle adjustment. I would recommend the front brake - it tunes more subtly. She is alive, and still has not moved into the category of "just in case." Another requirement for UL coils is the minimum weight.

And even if some parts of the coil will not be metal. Another thing is that all the coils are not made of metal - these are cheap products with not very high -quality details of the mechanism. Therefore, the best output is either a metal or “magnesium” if “magnesium”, then it is possible and, then he has it, like an ordinary thousandth. It is good if the transition from the handle to the video is smooth - for thin forests it is very important.

No more special requirements should be presented to the coils. Although, if you took a reel from a lightweight alloy, then “all other requirements” are already included in this mechanism. The fishing line, as a rule, with UL fishing, we rarely use a monoleser with a diameter of more than 0.15 mm. But there are situations when the tackle has to put more powerful fishing lines or cords on UL.

If we catch large, strong fish salmon, asp and so on on light baits, respectively with light spinning rods, then, in any case, we can not do with a fishing line less than 0.15 mm. In principle, it is not difficult to pull a five -kilogram pike to 0.14 mononym, but this is more exception than the rule. This is pure water, a boat without an armature, the absence of snags and grass - in this case, with the stock of fishing line, you will cope with almost any fish.

But if the edge of the reed is nearby, then ... and if you are going to catch a kilogram salmon on UL-dime, then the fishing line must be placed no less than 0, 2. Therefore, we can say that the fishing line is not a determining factor of UL gear and is selected based on the alleged prey. But keep in mind that soft spinning on the step more well extinguishes fish jerks, and the diameter of the fishing line can be slightly lower than when fishing for the same fish with ordinary gear.

Mono or braid? This choice often faces those who began to engage in UL fishing. Indeed, after all, a cord with a relative diameter of 0.06 mm holds approximately like a fishing line 0, 14, and the bait flies with it further. But the cord has disadvantages, and there are many of them: there is a lot of gatherings very hard, due to zero extension, it is often confused, especially when fishing, it abruptly abrasions when fishing on stony rivers, an order of magnitude more noticeable in water than a regular fishing line, not to mention fluorocarbon.

Someone will seem far-fetched to someone-this is not a float, this is a spinning, where is the fish to look at the fishing line? But in many situations, we hold the bait almost motionless, playing along only with the tip of the spinning back and forth, and the water is clean, and the fish is not from the “reckless”-trout, charius. For myself, I have definitely decided: everywhere except jig, I use a fishing line, preferably - fluorocarbon.

Although many “ultralite” responded to me use a braid, 4LB fireeline, the thinnest gosen or other thin pee laces, and quite successfully. This is a matter of taste and habits. Try one and the other and dwell on what you like. What kind of fish can we catch on these “twigs” and “hairs”? It is this question that I most often have to hear by the rack with UL spinning: “And what fish can be pulled out for this?

To begin with, UL fishing is not a means of “filling the blood of blood”, getting fish, pour a bag and leave. UL fishing is an art, sophistication of gear, sniper casts and tactics of a chess party. It is no longer a stupid and monotonously comb the edge, and when the fish comes out, fill it as much as possible. In UL you enjoy simply from communication with nature, with water and its inhabitants.

Therefore, it is advisable to let the fish in this way be released, if possible. Of course, any type of fishing, even sea trolling, can be translated from the rank of “fishing” into the category of “non -respectable enjoyment of the process”, but UL itself is suitable for this.